New Media Film Festival
The Best in New Media....Honoring Stories Worth Telling
Why Submit?
EMMYS ® Award Consultant for 1 Entry
Have opportunities outside of festival
We are a UFFO code of practices Member
Submit- Online, Public, Novice & Expert Content
20+ Categories with these award considerations
Best in Category, Audience & Grand Prize Awards
IMDB Official Event
$45,000.00 in Awards
Judges from HBO, Marvel, Emmys & more.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Festival Perks if accepted:
• Emmys ® Consultant for one entry as we can broadcast
• In competition for Grand Prize - $45,000 in Awards
• In competition for Best of Category & Audience Awards
• Top 3 Scripts get $1000.00 in Writing Industry Perks
• Top 3 Student Category get $100.00 cash
• You are part of the Q & A in your screening session.
• Walk the Red Carpet for Press Interviews
• Be part of the Creative Mixer, honoring the nominees.
• Highlighted in our monthly newsletter to 80,000.

In a world where technology is ever-evolving, it is a story that will satiate the soul of humans.
Not just any story, but stories worth telling. New Media Film Festival works hard to produce a festival that highlights and honors the hard working and uprising content creators in the New Media Industry. It is a unique festival that diligently works to find opportunities, including distribution for almost all of the submitted content, not just those programmed.

Put your innovative work forward and join the unique community of content creators at New Media Film Festival® - submit today!

“Worth The Entry Fee”
- Movie Maker Magazine

“Makes The Cutting Edge Accessible”
– Huffington Post

“I thank NewMediaFF for what they’ve done for young filmmakers”
-Roger Corman

”The role of this fest is bringing the Best in New Media to the World”
-Festival World

“Stories that exemplify the power of the cinematic arts to inspire and transform” - Hero Complex

SUBMIT TODAY http://www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com/submit.php

Awards & Prizes

NEW- Emmys Award Consultant and broadcast for one accredited entry.

Each Winning Category Receives:
A hand personalized New Media Film Festival Award stating category Winner
All category winners get an opportunity for Distribution deal
STUDENT $100 cash award to the Top 3 Student Category winners
SCRIPTS
Top 3 each receive over $1000.00 value in memberships from these companies combined: InkTip, ISA, iPitch.tv, SellAScript & are still considered for Grand Prize Award.

Best Script gets the above & an interview in The Script Lab Magazine!

GRAND PRIZE AWARD This award encompasses it all: Story, Production Value, Above & Below the line teams and what story and how they put that story into a moving visual. Everything you need to finish your current project or get started on a new one.

Awards

Content Creators vie for a chance at $45,000 USD value in a mix of services, meetings with HBO, Arpix Media & Marvel reps as well as some cash prizes. See below for details.
Best of Category Award winners receive:

A customized hand painted wood Slate Board
An opportunity for a Distribution deal
3 Student Best of Category winners will receive $100 Cash each
3 Script Best of Category winners will receive memberships worth over $1000 each

View the 2017 Award Recipients list
Grand Prize Award:

This award encompasses it all: Story, Production Value, Above & Below the line, everything you need to finish your current project or get started on a new one.

The Grand Prize Award Package and category winner awards are valued at over $45,000.00 and are non transferable. These are in kind services only and cannot be redeemed for cash. Good for one year from date of festival won at. All scheduling subject to availability.

If you are not present when we announce your name at the Awards Ceremony, we will ship your personalized award upon receipt of a pre paid shipping label or the cost to ship.

Rules & Terms

All types of media are accepted regardless of when they were completed. You must own the rights to submit your content.
Submission/Entry Fee -
Each entry is considered for screening, competition ($45k in awards) and distribution. You may submit a link for us to view your content online.

Submission/Entry Process -
Up to 3 people review/screen your content based on story, production value, New Media. If 2-3 of the screeners approve of your content based on our criteria: story, production value, a snippet of new media, you are accepted in to the festival.

Judging Process -
If your content gets accepted into the festival, the New Media Film Festival team will choose the top 3 in each category. Those top 3 chosen in each category go before our judges to choose the category winners and the Grand Prize Winner. Please note, each category has a Best Of Winner.

PLEASE NOTE:
We communicate via email
We will notify you if you are accepted into the festival. Please add info (at) newmediafilmfestival (dot) com to your contacts list to assure you receive our emails.
We may offer you distribution even if you were not accepted into the festival.
We are proud to be able to move all kinds of content forward, to be seen, screened and monetize.
There are no refunds.
Thanks for submitting.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Rules and regulations New Media Film Festival: Terms and Condition Rules and regulations New Media Film Festival: By submitting your work to the New Media Film Festival, you are agreeing to this statement. In submitting this work, I am claiming that it is my own and that I hold all necessary copyright or have the permission of the appropriate owners of copyright to incorporate portions of their work. Yes, I am the creator and author of the work submitted. In the event that my entry contains the work of other individuals or organizations (including any copyrighted photographs, musical compositions, etc.), I understand that it is my responsibility to obtain any necessary permissions and/or licenses. Yes, I have the necessary rights and/or permissions to use the visual elements in this entry. Yes, I have the necessary rights and/or permissions to use the audio in this entry. Entrants are responsible for transportation costs, insurance charges and any customs fees incurred when shipping to the festival. New Media Film Festival is not responsible for tapes damaged or lost in transit. Works submitted for jury selection will not be returned after the close of the festival. No media/film accepted for programming can be pulled from the festival. New Media Film Festival does not check to make sure that you have cleared these materials at any point during the application process, nor will we be held responsible for any inclusion of uncleared materials in your film. It is the sole responsibility of the entity submitting the project to secure permission from the copyright holder of the material in question, whether it is music, stock footage, or any other elements that could violate an existing copyright. Quite often, rights holders offer reduced rates for festival films, so you should contact them directly to avoid any possible rights infringements. Please note, there is a deliverables deadline for each venue. If you do not meet that deadline it is possible we will not be able to screen your content. Deliverables are the responsibility of the person submitting. Submission fee is non refundable.

A very unique curation of films, new media and scripts. And a very entertaining event. The hosts and show staff went out of their way to make sure this was a memorable and special event. The location on the UCLA campus is a big plus.

Martin Brighty

steven Wishnoff

New Media Film Festival is one of the best and best run in LA. With so many different platforms falling under "new media" it's refreshing to see a festival that understands that Content is King! And the Opening night VIP reception was a terrific networking opporutnity that we took full advantage of.

May 2, 2018
Opening Date

September 3, 2018
Early Deadline

November 3, 2018
Regular Deadline

January 3, 2019
Late Deadline

April 3, 2019
Final Deadlne

April 10, 2019
Notification Date

June 4 – 6, 2019
Event Date

Categories & Fees

3D any length

Content created with 3D technology or transferred to be screened in 3D, all lengths and genres. http://newmediafilmfestival.com/about.php 3D content programmed into the festival will screen through this Nvidia system www.3dvisionlive.com/category/channel/new-media-film-festival

Digital Comics are accepted in digital format only (no physical books please). Winner of this category will be judged by a Marvel Graphics Novel published writer, viewed by an award winning production company for consideration to be made into an animation or live action feature.

In the very first year of New Media Film Festival a music video won our Shot On Red category. We'd like to Music Videos shot on any format to have an opportunity to win, on its own, among their peers., so, this category was created.

Since New Media is an ever evolving arena, we have this category for those of you that have created something that you feel does not fit into our other categories listed. Possibly 5d, 7d, SI, Interactive, Gaming, online only. If your creative endeavors want an opportunity to be considered for distribution and our $45k in combined prizes and this is the category you feel best fits what you created, please submit here. We accept all TRT (total running times) from 30 seconds to 2 hours in this category.

All Photograph submissions will be considered to be part of the International Art Exhibit during the festival. If accepted, you will be exhibited during the festival, receive festival badge and marketing to our 80K newsletter list, 10.5M via social media and you will walk the Red Carpet Press Junket at the festival.

All Scripts. Short Script, Feature Script, Stage Play, Television Script- short and long form, animation, comedy, sitcom, drama, books, web series, reality, live, TV anything scripted, this is for you. There is not a limit on page numbers. Top 3 winners in this category win Industry memberships valued at $1000.00 each & are still considered for Grand Prize Award.

Shorts are narrative or documentary works created on any format (digitally, HD, 16mm, Super8, etc.) with a duration under 30 minutes. Can include webisodes, commercials, narrative or documentary under 30 minutes.

This is for any type of film & media content that has a socially responsible message and would like to be considered for competition in this category. Including but not limited to PSA's, short industrials, journalism.

Minimum length should be at least 30 seconds and no more than three minutes in length.You may submit your trailer here and your long format in one of our other categories if you wish. Our judge is a Journalist that reviews trailers for media outlets.